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2013 and 2014 still featured NFCS Championships, top 10 defenses and postseason appearances both years. While a playoff winning team in 2014 didn't have a good regular season in terms of wins, the Panthers had been on top of the division for a couple years heading into 2015. It wasn't a surprise we could be the best in the division or make the postseason in 2015. The surprise was the undefeated streak and final record.

I don’t know….2002 featured one of the greatest defensive turnarounds of all time. Doesn’t feel like we are about to unveil the #2 D in the NFL.

Sure, but we know this pass game is not likely what should be emphasized early. Meh preseason, youth/new, big WR shake up going in, and out your left tackle. so a winnable week 1 game should be Hubbard heavy IMO.

I want Hubbard to have like 25 carries. 4 of our 5 wins were basically the result of Hubbard being the primary cog of the O. That’s how we win. I don’t need Canales thinking week 18 is where he and Bryce needs thier heads

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I actually like NC and SC BBQ. If you didn't grow up eating SC BBQ I can understand it being a variety that is hard to adopt later on.

the real question with most sports teams often, is who believes in who. generally speaking, in house, there isn't always agreement on things.....but decisions get made and company lines get trotted out.

David Tepper, Jimmy Clausen and Lucifer prefer vinegar over mustard. People should know. Anywho, I'll down in SC minding my own business and eating my mustard BBQ.

heck, I'm tempted to drop my 6 down to 5. Canales already talking about how doesn't want to give Hubbard too much work early this year. Dude, look at your schedule. You should be all in on winning early. Which is why you should of been running a heavy preseason.

I'm cool w/ the Texans and Ravens calls added to my list. It basically all follows Vegas' outlook.

my favorite is Renfrow isn't healthy enough to even be on the active roster over David Moore to.......Renfrow is obviously our starting slot WR. Panthers panthering

I think the 3 easiest division winners to call are the Bills, Eagles, and Bucs.

biggest concern for me in terms of record, the first 5 game slate is where the Panthers need to be picking up decent % of their total wins. and I think the Panthers appear to be limping into the season. Past 2 years, that was has been talked about and it panned out as such. Nothing says the Panthers are coming in hot....which they really need to IMO.

I mean, it would take injuries to knock Tampa down to being on par with us.

NFL is weird....a team can win 4 games or 7 games and it really just come down to lucky breaks or unlucky breaks. This team really feels like a 6ish wins type team. They could win more or less. The division is bad. So, I expect bad a lot of games featuring bad football teams and that can result in wins. 6ish wins sounds about right.

well, going back and looking, Canales went 0-2 starting off games w/ big boy passes w/ Bryce Young last year to open up games. So my nickel is on a Chubba run or a short pass to Tmac.

Everyone has milked him being a country boy enough for me.

Yeah, I think Icky basically has to be out. Sunday seems on the super early side and he plays LT (which is like 50 small car crashes a Sunday)

I can’t help that you ignore and omit things and therefore think the convo is just about talking heads. It’s like you referencing a 2024 stat and and your assumption/projection something similar is to be expected……and ignoring there key offensive starters battled injury all year (which is going to lower an offenses production and efficiency). Can’t help you ignore Cohen was just a flat out better OC in Tampa a year after Canales. Like not even close…so far from one another that trying to explain it away to his passing coordinator doesn’t fly

conjecture, huh. Not like you....who is making an argument off of a singular stat

vs the rest of the league, the Bucs have been good on 3rd down the past 2 seasons. It's a relevant fact given the talk was about 3rd down play. I'm not pumping up the Jags. If you are going to talk about what any team did last year and using that to allude what to expect week 1....the details become relevant. A completely healthy team paired w/ Cohen, I think most out there are assuming more firepower to their O than the 2024 stat you referenced suggests. I can't imagine being so sensitive about the Panthers... where you basically can't talk football if our bad team is also going to be mentioned. I think most out their project in the land of bad football teams, we are the slightly worse bad team. Acknowledging football realties isn't hyping or hating. Jags got a better D on paper. Jags got a paper O on paper. Not a huge gap but edge goes to them.

for cheap RBs this week I like Etienne, Dobbins for cheap WRs I like Egbuka, Pearsall, Golden I'm generally in search of cheap options to round off my obvious/favorites for the bigger entries.

hmmm....think OP is wanting good plays for this week in daily, not sleeper picks for a real fantasy team

Charlotte FC actually overachieving right now. Challenging the MLS all time win streak (and given their losses via injury or trade shouldn't be doing such at this moment). Playoff bound again it seems (back to back appearances and they just birthed the team essentially). which is bad news for the Panthers, as Tepper's choatic approach is yielding success w/ one team

yeah, at this point, that says a lot about Caleb. They got the genius HC now. Absurd skill talent around the QB. I think the beefed up the OL. That should be a powerful offense at the least.....in theory. But I never liked Caleb. Never thought he had the mental makeup to be a NFL QB.